THE A FUND IS A BUSINESS AND JOB GENERATOR that was voted on and approved by Corpus Christi voters in 2002. The sole purpose of the fund is to help keep our city competitive in attracting and retaining businesses and jobs. The citizens of Corpus Christi are helping our city grow by dedicating 1/8 of a cent of sales tax collected toward economic development and job growth. An estimated $6 million in revenue are collected in the fund each year. HERE IS THE IMPACT.

RESULTS

The A-Fund Sales Tax has incentivized new companies to locate here, existing companies to expand here, helped train our residents for the jobs that are here right now, and helped small businesses grow. Type A Funds are the only dedicated economic development funds available in our community.

These funds have created 644 new jobs and retained 1,304 existing jobs while increasing the investment in our tax base by $109,659,857. This represents an annual increase of $664,538 in property tax to the City. This number does not include those projects that have not reached completion yet. This number does not include the additional property taxes collected by the Nueces County, the Hospital District and the school districts where these projects are located. The return on investment measured by the amount of increase in tax revenues divided by the amount of Type A Funding is 73.5% over a ten year period. In other words, every $1 of Type A Funds granted resulted in $0.73 in new tax revenue.